New Pentagon management structure to fill CMO vacuum

By Tony Bertuca / January 11, 2021 at 3:04 PM
The Pentagon is restructuring several key offices and beefing up their authorities now that Congress has eliminated the post of chief management officer, according to Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist. Norquist issued two memos today, framing the changes as a "unique opportunity" for DOD. "I will leave it to our good friends on the Hill as to why they created [the CMO] and why they disestablished it, but I think it allows us to move forward in a direction that...

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